Lesson 5: Tasks, Not Jobs

Last updated: 2026-04-25

The most useful single idea in modern labour economics is that jobs are bundles of tasks — and machines buy tasks, not jobs. Everything that follows in this course depends on this shift of focus.

Lesson 5: Tasks, Not Jobs

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Jobs are bundles

11 min

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